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Federal Contractors | Technology 2024: ROBERT K. ‘KELLY’ ORTBERG
In August, Ortberg succeeded Dave Calhoun, who stepped down after a turbulent four-year tenure as the Arlington Fortune Global 500 aerospace and defense giant’s chief executive. Ortberg is the retired president and CEO of aerospace and defense contractor Rockwell Collins, now absorbed into Arlington-based defense contractor RTX. He started in 1983 as an engineer at […]
Health Care 2024: DR. J. STEPHEN JONES
Jones has led Inova Health System since 2018. The Northern Virginia health system employs more than 24,000 people across its five hospitals and numerous other facilities, including the region’s only Level 1 trauma center and Level 4 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. A urological surgeon, Jones previously led Cleveland Clinic Regional Hospitals and Family Health Centers. […]
Insurance 2024: RICHARD G. ‘RICKY’ SPIRO
With more than 30 years of experience in insurance and financial services, Spiro has led the Henrico County-based property, casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage and advisory firm since 2017. A portfolio company of Washington, D.C.-based Carlyle Group, The Hilb Group has more than 2,200 employees in 29 states. The firm celebrated its 15th anniversary […]
Law 2024: JONATHAN P. HARMON
In 2017, McGuireWoods’ board of partners elected Harmon to be the first Black chairman of the state’s largest law firm. In the role, Harmon is the face of the firm, responsible for its big-picture strategy and vision. In addition to leading McGuireWoods, Harmon continues to work as a trial lawyer skilled at communicating complex information […]
Education 2024: BRIAN O. HEMPHILL
In July, after more than two years of planning, Old Dominion merged with Eastern Virginia Medical School to form the largest suite of health care programs in the state, with 56 academic programs. The newly integrated entity, in recognition of a $20 million gift from Joan Brock, is known as Macon & Joan Brock Virginia […]
Banking | Finance 2024: JEFF GRINSPOON
In a 2022 entry nominating Grinspoon for the Savvy Ladies’ Male Ally award at Hightower Advisors, which recognizes men in the financial field who value equality, VWG’s CEO, Elana Fine, talked about how Grinspoon created a culture at the firm that attracts, retains and promotes women. “Jeff gave me the room to lead and placed […]
Economic Development 2024: VICTOR HOSKINS
Hoskins has led the Fairfax County Economic Development Authority since 2019, when he made the move from Arlington Economic Development after helping bring Amazon.com’s HQ2 East Coast headquarters to the state. FCEDA has helped the county land a string of new headquarters recently, including nonprofit government contractor The Aerospace Corp., space cybersecurity firm SpiderOak and […[...]
Federal Contractors | Technology 2024: JENNIFER FELIX
Reston-based ASRC Federal is a family of companies that serve IT customers in the defense and civilian sectors. Felix joined ASRC Federal in 2019 as executive vice president and chief operating officer, becoming president and CEO in 2020. ASRC Federal is a subsidiary of Arctic Slope Regional, an Alaska Native corporation, and employs more than […]
Federal Contractors | Technology 2024: JOHN SERAFINI
Founded by Serafini in 2015, HawkEye 360 is a geospatial analytics company that collects radio frequency data by satellite to identify and track human activity and trends for military, maritime and intelligence clients. Before launching HawkEye 360, Serafini was senior vice president of Allied Minds. A former U.S. Army infantry officer in the 82nd Airborne […]
Real Estate 2024: JEFFREY M. HYDER
In August 2023, Hyder succeeded Stewart D. Roberson as president and CEO of the architecture firm, as Roberson stepped into the board chair role. Hyder was no newcomer; he joined Moseley in 1993 after earning his bachelor’s degree from Virginia Tech’s School of Architecture. In the past 30 years, Hyder has served as an architect, […]
